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Duke Recruiting: A New Name Emerges
Here’s a name to put on your recruiting board, if you haven’t already: Deng Ngor. A Canadian, Ngor played a key role in beating the U.S. in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup tournament, hitting a three, and then a dunk, to put Canada over the top. He is from a Sudanese family, and as it turns […]
A Great Honor For Former Blue Devil C.B. Claiborne
This is a pretty cool story: C.B. Claiborne, the first Black player at Duke, will be honored by his hometown, and his childhood home will “will be rehabilitated and transformed into the permanent home of the Danville Research Center for African American History,” according to WSET.com. That’s quite an honor. Being the first Black player […]
YouTube Gold: Quinn Cook’s NBA Highlights
Quinn Cook became a fan favorite at Duke because he played hard, was a charismatic leader, and loved being a Blue Devil. At just 6-2, and relatively slight of build, a long NBA career was always going to be difficult. There just aren’t many small players in the NBA anymore (it’s funny to call a […]
DBR Podcast #838: Preseason Schedule, Meet Legal Chaos
Duke has its preseason schedule set, and legal chaos has added an entire class of athletes back to the player pool. Jason and Donald dissect it all on Episode 838. First off, Duke has announced their preseason schedule: a home scrimmage against Belmont on October 8th, a home preseason game against Tennessee on October 20th, […]
An Early Look At Pat Ngongba’s Draft Status
This article from SI.com’s NBA Draft page takes a look at Duke big man Patrick Ngongba and what he needs to work on. They’re correct to say that, while he’s a good athlete, he’s not elite. However, intelligence is a more valuable asset than raw athleticism. Look at some guys who have carved out nice […]
College Sports Continue To Spiral
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello has a long column up on that explores the impact of Judge Charlotte Sweeney’s decision to give every member of the 2022 class a fifth year of eligibility. First up: the NCAA will certainly appeal the decision, and might win that appeal. So it’s not a done deal yet. But for now, […]
YouTube Gold: Showtime Slim Shafts Florida
We’ve been talking about Johnny Dawkins’s clutch plays for a couple of days now, and we thought that it was time to get closer to the present and take a look at one of the great clutch plays in recent history: Isaiah Evans’s game winner last year against Florida, then the defending national champions. Duke […]
Strong Man Friday Wraps Up
This week is the final week for Duke Basketball’s Strongman Friday, and while we can’t say it looks like fun necessarily, it does look extremely productive in at least two ways. First, the obvious: these guys are all getting insanely strong. We’re not sure if anyone has transformed his body as much as Caleb Foster, […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profile: Jacob Theodosiou
The latest new Blue Devil profiled by the Duke Chronicle is Loyola-Maryland transfer Jacob Theodosiou. A 6-4 native of Canada, he has moved around a bit, playing for Wyoming before Loyola, and now of course, he’ll finish at Duke. Here’s what the Chronicle says about him: “The guard brings a patient and polished offensive skillset […]
Chip Alexander On Duke Freshman Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje
We missed this article from Thursday’s News & Observer, but Chip Alexander has a piece up on Duke freshman Joaquim “JoJo” Boumtje Boumtje. Duke is listing him at 7-2, but USA Basketball had him at 6-10 for the FIBA U17 World Cup last month. Whatever he is, what we’ve seen of him in Istanbul and […]
YouTube Gold: The Late, Great Charles Shackleford
A lot of great basketball players have come out of Kinston, North Carolina. The first that we’re aware of who made a major splash was Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell, who took UNC-Charlotte to the 1977 Final Four before the 49ers fell to Marquette. He went on to become an excellent player for the Boston Celtics. Many […]
Well, College Sports Just Got Rocked Again, This Time By A Judge
In a bit of ACC news, Judge Charlotte Sweeney, out of Colorado, has ruled that every freshman in the 2022 class now gets an extra year. This is going to be a combination of hilarious and stupid the likes of which we rarely see. Locally, it means that Seth Trimble gets an extra year, which […]
A Bit Of Kansas Perspective On Duke’s Upcoming Visit
Duke has only played at Kansas once, in 1988, which was a 74-70 overtime win for the Blue Devils. However, Kansas got payback that March, winning in the national semifinals of the NCAA tournament, 66-59. To the best of our knowledge, Kansas has never visited Duke. Nonetheless, the teams have had a solid rivalry over […]
YouTube Gold: More Vintage Johnny Dawkins
Why? Because you just can’t get enough Johnny Dawkins. On Thursday, we looked back at Johnny D’s masterful play against Notre Dame in 1986, where he blocked David Rivers at the buzzer to preserve a one-point Duke victory in Cameron. This play is from his NBA days with the Philadelphia 76ers. He hits a clutch […]
UNC Fans Seem A Bit Touchy About Hubert Davis Criticisms
From the outside, UNC’s transition from Hubert Davis to Michael Malone is fun to watch, but apparently, from a partisan point of view (and by partisan, we mean their side, not ours), it’s hard to tell how it’s going. This article criticizes Davis mildly for not doing a great job of maintaining the UNC family […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Player Profile: John Blackwell
The latest player profile from the Duke Chronicle is of Wisconsin transfer John Blackwell. He was a solid and clutch player for Wisconsin, averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists. He also picked up 1.1 steals, shot 43% overall, and 38.9% from deep. And he’ll do well if he gets fouled late, having hit […]
Memphis Plans For A Boozer Weakness
With the fire sale trade of Ja Morant to Portland, Memphis is fully committed to rebuilding around Cameron Boozer. They got a pretty good idea of his talents in Las Vegas during Summer League play, but like all players outside of Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, Boozer has limitations. Memphis is building intelligently, though, and […]
YouTube Gold: Johnny Dawkins Guts Notre Dame At The Buzzer In 1986
Duke has had plenty of great clutch plays, and great clutch players, over the years. JJ Redick, Shane Battier, Jason Williams, Bobby Hurley, Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones, Gene Banks, and most of all, Christian Laettner – you could go on for a while. But one of the greatest clutch plays in Duke history came in […]
Duke’s Preseason Is All Set And It Looks Loaded
Duke’s preseason basketball schedule is set, with visits from Belmont (October 8) and Tennessee (October 20), and a trip to Kansas (October 25). Belmont is classified as a scrimmage, which is why Duke has three opponents, rather than the two traditionally allowed in preseason. Presumably, the scrimmage is a favor to new Belmont coach Evan […]
New Practice Video!
There’s a new video out of Duke players scrimmaging, and there are some really interesting moments in this one. As we mentioned before, we recommend hitting the space bar a lot to catch details. Here are some highlights: There are two basic themes here: very intense competition, and older players who have a few things […]
Latest Duke Chronicle Profile: Drew Scharnowski
The Duke Chronicle has its first profile of a new men’s basketball player up, and it’s of Belmont transfer Drew Scharnowski. Chronicle sports writer Ryan Hamner makes the obvious comparison to Maliq Brown, and to be sure, Scharnowski will take on some of his responsibilities. But they are not the same players. Brown is a […]
Josh Pastner Is Still Doing Odd Things
Former Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner has a habit of, let’s say, awkward speech. No one doubts his intelligence. He finished at Arizona in 2 1/2 years, despite being a walk-on on the basketball team and having, for all intents and purposes, a part-time coaching job. It takes a tremendous amount of intelligence and discipline […]
YouTube Gold: The Five College Basketball Players Bill Walton Admired Most
The late Bill Walton has a unique presence in basketball history. When healthy, he was as good as any center who ever played, and, with the possible exception of Arvydas Sabonis, the best passing center in history. But injuries caused huge disruptions in his NBA career. He won a championship with Portland in 1977, and […]
Brotherhood Podcast #80: KJ Conklin
The latest Brotherhood Podcast is out, and this time, Cayden Boozer interviews new assistant KJ Conklin. He talks about his path to Duke, which includes some interesting stops before he got to the San Antonio Spurs, where he worked as assistant coach and director of player development for the Austin Spurs, their NBA G League […]
DBR Podcast #837: Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje Speaks On JoJo’s Path To Duke
On Episode 837, we have a very special interview! We get to chat with Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, the father of incoming freshman Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje! JoJo has had a non-traditional journey to a traditional pathway to the NBA due to Ruben’s career in the NBA, overseas, and now as an executive for the Basketball Africa League. […]
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